Post-securing device.



Patented Jan. 2|, I902.

No. 69l,658.

W NEWMAN POST SECURING DEVICE.

(Application fl 1ed July 3, mm.

(No Model.) I

A TTOHNEYS EFEKL-Er% Y INVENTOI? IIHHIN UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFI E.

WILLIAM NEWMAN, OF ALEXANDRIA, SOUTH'DAKOTA.

POST-SECURING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 691,658, dated January 21, 1902. Application filed July 3, 1901. Serial No. 67,054. (No model.) A

To LLZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alex andria, in the county of Hanson and State of South Dakota, have made certain new and useful Improvements in'Post-Securing Devices, of which the following isa specification.

My invention is a device intended for use on posts, stakes, piles, &c., to prevent the same fromsplitting while being driven in the earth, and has for an object, among-others, to

' provide a simple construction which can be readily applied to the post, will adapt itself to the cross-sectional shape thereof, and may be tightened to bind the post firmly together, so it will not split.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view drawn alongside the tightening-lever, and-Fig. 3 illustrates in detail the devices for holding the chain and drawingit up tight. Fig. 4 is a top plan view, and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view, showing a somewhat-different construction from that shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive.

By my invention I provide a chain passed around the post and means for holding the chain and drawing it up tight upon the post.

The chain A may be of the form shown in Fig. l or that shown in Figs. 4 and 5 or of other suitable form. It is preferred to employ a flat chain, such as shown, in order that it may provideasuitable surface to grip upon the post and also to afford suitable means for. engagement by the tighteningand holding devices, as shown.

In' the construction shown in Fig. l the device for holding and drawing the chain up tight consists of a body portion A, having a base-plate B to fit against the post and provided near one edge with an opening B to receive the hook D on the end link of the chain D. The body A is provided with an outwardly-projecting arm A, which is slotted at A to receive the tightening-lever E, and such arm is provided near its outer end with the threaded opening A for the operating-screw.

the outer end of the lever E and the arm ofthe body and presses the said lever normally away from the said arm, so the device will readily open of itself In the operation of the described construction itwill be noticed the chain may be passed around the post at its free end, carried over the base-plate of the body, and the suitable link thereofbe engaged by the inner end of the lever E, when by operating the screw the said lever may be caused to tighten the chain securely upon the post, so the latter can be driven without any danger of splitting.

In Figs. 4: and 5 the chains are of somewhat different type from that shown in Fig. 1, and the tightening device includes abox-like body H, to which one end of the chain is connected, and the sliding head I, having a hook I, engaging the chain and arranged to slide in the body by the action of the screw J, as will be understood from the said figures of the drawings. This construction differs somewhat from that shown in the other figures; but it is evident it may be readily operated to bind the chain upon the post in such manner as to prevent the splitting of the post, as desired.

The invention may be used on old posts that have been slivered up by driving, and when drawn up tightly will so hold such posts as to prevent them from splitting, and I find that by the use of my invention posts can be driven in the ground without previously digging a hole for them and all splitting of the posts will be prevented. V

It will be understood that the chain will readily conform to the shape of the post, which may be round, oblong, or angular in cross-section without affecting the operation of the invention. The deyice is readily applied and removed, so it can be used on posts IOO successively, it requiring but a few moments I ing and holding device comprising a body to remove the device from one post and apply it to another.

In addition to its use in driving posts the device will be found useful in pulling the post out of the ground, in which case it should be fastened near the bottom of the post and will form a secure bearing for a crow-bar used as a lever for removing the post.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described device for use on posts, consisting of the chain, the body portion having a base-plate to fit against the post, and an outwardly-projecting arm provided near its outer end with a threaded opening and slotted between its ends to providea pivot for the lever, the chain being secured at one end to the base-plate of the said body and arranged to be passed at its other end over the said base-plate, the lever pivoted between its ends in the slot of the arm and having its inner end arranged to engageone of the links of the chain, the screwjournaled to the outer end of the lever and screwed in the threaded opening of the arm, and the spring bearing between said lever and arm, substantially as set forth.

2. A device for use on posts, comprising a chain to pass around the post and a tightenportion having a base-plate to which one end of the chain is secured, and an arm, and a lever pivoted to the arm and operating upon the chain to tighten the same upon the post and means for operating the lever, substantially as set forth.

3. A device for use on posts, consisting of the body portion having a base-plate, the chain secured at one end to the body portion and passed at its other end over the baseplate, and the operating device movable over the base-plate and engaged with the chain, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a device for use on posts, of the chain, the body portion to which one end of the chain is secured, said body having a base-plate and an outwardly-projecting arm provided near its outer end with a bearing for the screw-shaft and slotted between its ends for the lever, the lever pivoted between its ends to the said arm and arranged at its inner end to engage the chain, and a screw operating between the outer ends of the lever and arm of the body, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM NEWMAN.

Witnesses:

E. E. WAGNER, ANNA J 0ST. 

